Turkey names new ambassadors, permanent representatives

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has appointed several new ambassadors at Turkey’s missions abroad as well as representatives, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.

Turkey’s current ambassador in Tokyo, Hasan Murat Mercan, will take up the post as ambassador in Washington, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Mehmet Gulluoglu, the current head of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), has been named Turkish ambassador in Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania.

Cihad Erginay, currently the ambassador in Madrid, has been appointed ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan, while Ahmet Basar Sen became the new ambassador to Germany.

Hatun Demirer has also been appointed Turkey’s permanent representative at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Ahmet Demirok became the new ambassador in Baku, Azerbaijan, and Esin Cakil was named Turkey’s ambassador to Bahrain.

Hami Aksoy, current spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, has been appointed ambassador in Belgrade. Also, prominent Turkish economist Kerem Alkin has been named as Turkey’s permanent representative at Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in France.

Here are appointments of other ambassadors and permanent representatives:

COUNTRY

APPOINTMENT

NAMES

UAE

Abu Dhabi Embassy

Tugay Tuncer

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Embassy

Sadik Babur Girgin

Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy

Hamit Ersoy

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou Embassy

Nilgun Erdem Ari

Eritrea

Asmara Embassy

Mehmet Selim Kartal

Morocco

Rabat Embassy

Adnan Kececi

France

Paris Embassy

Refik Ali Onaner

Guinea

Conakry Embassy

Volkan Turk Vural

South Africa

Pretoria Embassy

Aysegul Kandas

South Sudan

Juba Embassy

Erdem Mutaf

India

New Delhi Embassy

Firat Sunel

Iraq

Baghdad Embassy

Ali Riza Guney

Ireland

Dublin Embassy

Mehmet Hakan Olcay

Spain

Madrid Embassy

Burak Akcapar

Switzerland

WTO Permanent Representative

Alparslan Acarsoy

Switzerland

Bern Embassy

Emine Ece Ozbayoglu Acarsoy

Italy

Rome Embassy

Omer Gucuk

Japan

Tokyo Embassy

Korkut Gungen

Cameroon

Yaounde Embassy

Volkan Isikci

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek Embassy

Ahmet Sadik Dogan

The Democratic Republic of Congo

Kinshasa Embassy

Mehmet Munis Dirik

Cuba

Havana Embassy

Vehbi Esgel Etensel

Libya

Tripoli Embassy

Kenan Yilmaz

Lebanon

Beirut Embassy

Ali Baris Ulusoy

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar Embassy

Zafer Ates

Mozambique

Maputo Embassy

Huseyin Avni Aksoy

Myanmar

Naypyitaw Embassy

Ali Sait Akin

Nigeria

Abuja Embassy

Hidayet Bayraktar

Uzbekistan

Tashkent Embassy

Olgan Bekar

Panama

Panama Embassy

Lebibe Gulhan Ulutekin

Paraguay

Asuncion Embassy

Serhat Aksen

Poland

Warsaw Embassy

Cengiz Kamil Firat

Serbia

Belgrade Embassy

Hami Aksoy

Sierre Leone

Freetown Embassy

Sibel Erkan

Singapore

Singapore Embassy

Mehmet Burcin Gonenli

Slovakia

Bratislava Embassy

Yunus Demirer

Slovenia

Ljubljana Embassy

Aylin Tashan

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh Embassy

Fatih Ulusoy

Tajikistan

Dushanbe Embassy

Emre Zeki Karagol

Thailand

Bangkok Embassy

Serap Ersoy

Togo

Lome Embassy

Esra Demir

Tunisia

Tunis Embassy

Caglar Fahri Cakiralp

Uruguay

Montevideo Embassy

Huseyin Muftuoglu

Yemen

Sanaa Embassy

Mustafa Pulat

New Zealand

Wellington Embassy

Fatma Omur Unsay

Zambia

Lusaka Embassy

Istem Circiroglu